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Circularity tales: Environmental entrepreneurship in Dakar

Impact Hub

Circularity tales: Environmental entrepreneurship in Dakar In Senegal, the surge in environmental entrepreneurship among the youth is evident through projects addressing sanitation, pollution, and plastic waste. Impact Hub Dakar’s circularity programme, “Wërngël-Bi,” has been pivotal in nurturing these initiatives.

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Circularity Tales: environmental entrepreneurship in Dakar

Impact Hub

Environmental entrepreneurship is an appealing concept to the Senegalese youths. Named “Wërngël-Bi”, a term in Wolof that translates to “The Circle”, the circularity programme at Impact Hub Dakar supported different entrepreneurs carrying out projects that ranged from eco-construction to ecological toilets.

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One social entrepreneur and activist’s mission to defend the environment and indigenous communities in Venezuela

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

The YLAI Network team asked Victor a few questions about his strong commitment to justice and his dedication to never letting anyone or anything stop him from doing what is right. Entrepreneurship is not a road that can be traveled alone. What is the mission of CIMAS and how is it being enacted??. government.

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SoTecIn: Connecting people

Impact Hub

SoTecIn: Connecting people How does technology intersect with community collaboration to tackle pressing societal and environmental issues? Enter SoTecIn Factory, a dynamic collaborative initiative with a mission to enhance the sustainability and resilience of European industries. This time, we will facilitate this community online.

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Hacking Innovation Education in New York

This is going to be BIG.

The fact of the matter is, most startups, particularly ones built by young professionals with no network and no track record, aren’t going to get funded. Schools need to become more physical hubs for collaboration—I’d love to see more schools contribute event space to the community. It’s a recipe for failure.

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Spain’s ten-year plan to put startups in the economic driving seat

TechCrunch

The national strategy envisages entrepreneurship/startup innovation as the driving force at the top of a pyramid that sits atop existing sectors of the Spanish economy — “spearheading the innovative system that we want to generate”, as Polo puts it. “We are not only focusing on innovative entrepreneurship.

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